Electric cut-out box.



Patented Jun@y 20, 1916.

L. KOSSOY.

ELECTRIC CUT-OUT BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I. I9I4.

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TQ all whom z't may concern.' Be it known that I, LoUrs Kossor, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and resldent of New York city, borough of the Bronx,1n the county of the Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in lElectric Gut-Out Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to .improvements in boxes and like structures, particularly adapted to containelectric fittings, and has for its object lto provide simple, cheap and v .efficient means for retaining the cover'or lid on the box and to reiectively close the box at the edges of the-cover or lid and rether object of'my. invention is to provide simple and eiiicient` means forghinging said cover or lid upon the box. p n p My invention further comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then. pointed out in the claims.

Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a face view of a'panel boxv embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section on the line 3, 3, in-Fig. 1; Fig. 4` is an'inverted plan view of the frame at the open side of the box, embodying my improvements;-F ig. '5 is'an 'enlarged detail section on the line 5, 5, in Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of a modification. Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The box 1 may be of any suitable construction adapted for the purpose intended,

and may be made of sheet metal suitably folded or formed to desired shape and having its walls properly secured together. In the example illustrated,vth'e box 1 is shown 'provided with knockouts 1*, arranged in inner opening 2b.

any suitable manner. At 2 is a frame de- `tachably fitted at the open side of the box and'provided with my improvements that are ada ted to aord means for detachably connectlng said frame .with the box, and also to provide a rabbet or ledge projecting inwardly around ,the margin or edges 2 of the opening-2b in said frame thatv is protected by the cover 3. Said framemay comprise a suitable metal plate having the To such end I rovide angle members 4 secured on the un er surface of frame 2, in such manner that the ELECTRIC cur-our Box." f

Specincat'ion o f Letters Iatent. Application led April l1, `'1914. l Serial No. 828,868.

webs 4y of said members project inwardly of the ed4 es 2* of said frame to provide a ledge or r bbet all around the opening 2b, uponwhlchledge or rabbet the edge portlons of cover 3 rest. The webs 4 of said Patented Jane 2o, 1916.

angle members depend from frame 2, or project substantlally at right angles thereto,

to fit along the ad]acent marginal portions of box 1 at its open side. The webs 4*L may be secured to frame 2 ,by rivets 5 or the like,

' and means are providedfor detachably connecting the-webs4b with the box walls. The

.webs 4" .may it within the box'walls'asin Figs. 1 to 5, or may t without said walls, as 1n Fig. 6. In accordance with Figs. 1 to 5 I have shown the box walls provided with screws 6 and the webs 4b provided with slots 7, whereby when the frame is applied upon the box the screws 6 ma enter the slots 7, and then the screws may e turned to secure the webs and frame upon the box, as by insetting a screw driver through the frame within the open side of the box. -In Fig. 6

the screws 6 are carried by the webs 4* and' the box sides'are provided with the slots 7, whereby as the frame is applied upon the box the-screws will pass into said slots, and

then may be turned up tight against the box walls. ICover 3 is hinged at one side of the opening 2 of'frame 2, so as to rest within said opening upon the ledge or rabbet 4*, and thereby a Hush surface of frame 2 and cover 3 may be provided by having said parts of similar sheets of metal as illustrated. A suitable lock at 8 may be provided, as uPon cover 3, for securing the latter to the rame.

The form of hingeI have shown for securing cover 3 to frame 2 is simple yet strong and eiicient, and avoids the necessity of riveting or screwing hinges upon the parts. To this end I provide one or more tongues 9 upon one of the webs 4a, which tongues. are adapted to pass through corresponding slots 10 cut in cover 3 near its edge (Fig. 1), and by having said tongues suitably coiled through said slots the cover is readily' hinged. .As a Simple and effective means to this end I have shown the tongues 9 cut out of the web 4, by suitably slitting Ain the adjacent edge 2l of frame 2 and suit- Y ably coiled so that their\ ends lie over the.

-1 connection with the hinge-carrying member adjacent marginal portion/of frame. 2 (see Fig. 5). To apply the cover and frame 2 in 4, the tongues, after being properly coiled,

3, and then frame 2 may be slid along mem-VA ber 4 lto adjust the parts, substantially as shown in Fig. 5, and then said member may be rivetedtoj'frame 2.] The othermembers 4 1 maybe riveted to frame 2before o'rfa fter thefh memberg4 having thef tongues '9'is'jsecfured t'jfV tongues, and' when the-coverswings its edge,

.'the open side of the box--isfsecurelyco .25

coverv 31 is fr mayI rest., upon the memberfifhavingthe; tongues9,@Sla'beerir5epifitzl cheaply, and will be *efficient in use,

ed and the angle members "ake a Secure somewhat tight" at au gianna auth While 1 have shown my 1 mpi-fivemeny v applied in conjunction with a panel box for'-`- electric iittingsgjit will be2-obvious that the', box may be adapted for any other usesdeiA sired, also that changes may be madeinthe details of construction and arrangements 'fof parts set forth, withinthe scope of thefapjf pended claims, without departing from thel spirit of the invention. f fj Having now described my invention what Iclaimisz-` 'Y 1. The combination of a box, with a frame having an opening adaptedvto fit over the open side of the box, angle members' secured on the inner side of `said frame "withimitsz outer edge and webs of said members pro? jecting inwardly from the edges ofthe opening of the frame providing `a. ledge or rabbet for a cover, other webs of said members ing adapted to fit along the margins of the box walls, means to detachably secure saidT frame upon the box, one of said members having a tongue, and a cover to t upon said ledge or rabbet and provided with a' slot, said tongue being coiled through said slot, pivotally retaining the cover to swing on the corresponding angle member.

2. The combination of a box, with a frame l y y o i openjsideof th the class described may bei made readily and,"

having an .opening adapted to fit over the open side of the box, angle members secured on the inner side of said frame within its outer edge and webs of said members prolecting inwardly from the edges of the openmay be passed through the slots 10 ofcovere-r lng of theframe providing a ledge or rabbet box walls, means to detachably secure said frame. upon the box, one of said members "a `vlt ngueprojecting through the if ame, and av cover to fit 1 e or Yrabbetand provided with a, slot, sa idtonguelbeinglcoiled through said slot extendin'ggatl'itsgfree end over the "otlly'fretining lthecover to swing e. `fabo'x,with a frame ing' fany opening adapted-*to Alit over the e:''b(u","`"said frame having angle'jf I nembers" "fsecu'redl on? its4v :inner side, Wbsosaid"menib rejecting inwardly from "the fedgesf' th opening ofv the frame PilQydingia"-`ledge 'rabbet for a cover, mbersbeing adapted to the' box walls, means oneof membershaving' a tongue projectingthroughlthe opening of said 4frameand having its freeend over and close .to an adjacentA 'marginal portion' of said frame, andacover to fit uponvsaid ledge or rabbet and providedwitha slot,"said tongue being lcoiled through `.said slot, the proximity 1 -ofthefenfd ofsaidtongue to'said frame preventingdisplacementfof the cover from the r 4. 4The combination of a box,with a frame having 'an openingiadapted to fit, over the operi side of the box, means to removably se- Y cure saidframe uponthe box, a cover, said frame havingmeans at itsjsaid opening to .supprtthe cover, said ,frame having'a member secured on its inners'ide provided with a tonguefstruck out from said member and projgecting through:l said opening of said frame," said cover having a slot, sald tongue being coiled through said slot, pivotally retaining the cover to swing with its edge resting on said member.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 31st day of March, A. D. 1914.

LOUIS KOSSOY. Witnesses:

MARE: F. WAINRIGHT, T. F. BOURNE. 

